ADMINISTRATIVE

TO:

Division Superintendents

FROM:

Richard T. La Pointe
Superintendent of Public Instruction

SUBJECT:

1997-98 Average Salary Survey

Item 140.B.9 of Chapter 924, the 1996-98 Appropriations Act,
requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to furnish
the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations
Committees a report on salary improvement by December 1, 1997.
The following attachments, when properly completed and
certified by division superintendents, will be used for these
purposes.
ATTACHMENT A - 1996-97 and 1997-98 Actual and
Budgeted Average Salaries
ATTACHMENT B - 1997-98 Description of Improvement of
Classroom Teacher Salaries
Please review carefully the sections pertaining to average
salary computation in the 1996-97 Annual School Report
(Administrative Supts. Memo. No. 53 dated July 25, 1997) prior
to completion of the Attachments. It is important that the
salary position of your locality (or regional center) be
presented accurately.
Please return Attachment A and B to Doris B. West, Senior
Budget Analyst, P. O. Box 2120, Richmond, VA 23216-2120, by
September 26, 1997.
Questions regarding this information may be addressed to Ms.
Doris West at (804) 225-2091, or Mrs. June Eanes at (804) 225-2031.
RTL/dw
Attachments: A hard copy of this memo and its attachments
will be sent to the superintendent's office.
cc: Regional Centers